Senior Scrum Master — Data & AI Platform Lead

Kestra Financial, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits

401(k) and health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Growth and training opportunities

Job summary

Kestra Financial, Inc. seeks an experienced Senior Scrum Master to support our Data, Analytics & AI Platform. You will partner with multiple Scrum/Kanban teams to improve efficiency, predictability, and collaboration across data, analytics, and AI initiatives.

You will align teams around consistent practices and drive continuous improvement. You will coach teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles, lead release planning, and use metrics to steer delivery improvements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ Scrum Master experience.
• 3-5 years’ experience with data domain projects (Cloud data platforms, Databricks) and data tooling.
• 10+ years of overall technology industry experience.
• Certified Scrum Master (preferred).
• Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile methods including Scrum and Kanban.
• Experience with Jira or similar issue-tracking tools; Jira Service Management desired.
• Experience with distributed teams across multiple time zones.
• Experience with data lifecycle & pipelines (ingestion → transformation → consumption).
• Understanding of batch vs streaming vs near-real-time delivery.
• Awareness of data quality, lineage, governance dependencies.
• Exposure to analytics and AI/ML workflows is a plus.
• Experience in the financial industry and basic financial concepts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies: sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, release planning.
• Partner with Product Owners for backlog management, prioritization, and value-driven delivery.
• Identify and remove impediments, risks, and organizational barriers.
• Coordinate dependencies and collaboration across distributed teams and time zones.
• Coach teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles and self-organization.
• Provide leadership within the Scrum Master team.
• Promote accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Lead release planning and delivery processes to enable focus on priorities.
• Use Agile metrics to identify trends and drive improvements.
• Promote engineering best practices: predictable delivery, automation, and technical debt management.
• Stay current with industry practices and experiment with new techniques.

Skills

Scrum Master

Data domain

Cloud data platforms

Databricks

Profisee

Jira

Distributed teams

Analytics/AI

Finance domain

Communication

Tools

Jira Service Management

Job description

Kestra Financial, Inc. seeks an experienced Senior Scrum Master to support our Data, Analytics & AI Platform. You will partner with multiple Scrum/Kanban teams to improve efficiency, predictability, and collaboration across data, analytics, and AI initiatives.

You will align teams around consistent practices and drive continuous improvement. You will coach teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles, lead release planning, and use metrics to steer delivery improvements.